Reference Interval:
| Test Number
| Components
| Reference Interval
| | | Total Protein-Electrophoresis, Serum
| 6.00-8.30 g/dL
| | | Albumin
| 3.75-5.01 g/dL
| | | Alpha-1 Globulins
| 0.19-0.46 g/dL
| | | Alpha-2 Globulins
| 0.48-1.05 g/dL
| | | Beta Globulins
| 0.48-1.10 g/dL
| | | Gamma
| 0.62-1.51 g/dL
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| Interpretive Data: |
Serum protein electrophoresis, when used as a screening procedure, is useful in the detection of various pathophysiologic states such as inflammation, protein loss, gammopathies, and other dysproteinemias. However, immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) is a more sensitive technique for the identification of small M-proteins found in patients with amyloidosis, early or treated myeloma or macroglobulinemia, solitary plasmacytoma, or extramedullary plasmacytoma.
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| Note: |
A copy of the graph will follow final report.
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| CPT Code(s): |
84160 Total protein; 84165 Electrophoretic fractionation
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Cross References: |
Electrophoresis, Protein, Serum |
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